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y separately published work icon River Songs [music] : For Soprano Voice and Piano single work   lyric/song  
Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 River Songs [music] : For Soprano Voice and Piano
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Notes

  • Contents: River mother, river child -- Boy and the river -- River nocturne -- House by the river -- Tree of two souls -- Swift tide -- River voices before dawn.
  • A cycle of seven songs.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Grosvenor Place, Sydney City, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Sounds Australian , 1991 .
      Extent: 35p.
      Description: 1 score
      Note/s:
      • [Grosvenor Place, N.S.W. : Reproduced and distributed by Australian Music Centre, 1999].
    • Highgate Hill, South Brisbane - East Brisbane area, Brisbane - South & South West, Brisbane, Queensland,: Cockatoo Capers , 1991 .
      Extent: 35p.
      Description: 1 score
    • Wollongong, Wollongong area, Illawarra, South Coast, New South Wales,: Publications by Wirripang , 2007 .
      Extent: [v], 36p.
      Description: 1 score
      Note/s:
      • Includes program note, text of poems and biographical notes on composer.
      • "[The poet] says 'living and working close to the river has given me a sense of how the character of Brisbane's heart and many of its suburbs have been shaped and coloured by their interaction with the river'" - Composer's note on the music.
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  • Also sound recording.
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